When pressed on the repeal of Initiated Measure 22 at Aberdeen’s crackerbarrel yesterday, our District 2 and 3 legislators often resorted to painting the protestors against repeal vehicle…
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The single truest statement of today’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel came from Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark): Every time someone’s made a comment today that’s anti-Legislature, it’s been…
Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen), who campaigned four months ago as an opponent of liberal tax increases, has proposed a liberal tax increase. Senate Bill 169…
On my front step this morning: We’ll honor you voters, say our Republican legislators, after overturning a law we voted on and approved less than three…
You know, I was adopted once. I’m not sure my parents would have been able to pass any religious test, but they did a good job…
Governor Dennis Daugaard signed House Bill 1069 yesterday, thus making the “emergency” repeal of Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, the first enacted bill of the 2017…
I’m still a teetotaler, but after watching Donald Trump spend down years of American geopolitical capital in one week to cash his ego checks, I…
Rep. Tim Goodwin has shown himself to be a poor reader of law; now the Rapid City Republican shows he’s just as bad at writing…
Recognizing that Donald Trump’s plan to build the Keystone XL pipeline entirely with American steel could run into some roadblocks (like inventory), South Dakota Democrats are lending Il…
The Legislature waged half-war on the popular democracy yesterday, repealing Initiated Measure 22 but withdrawing a bill that would have put the process of amending the constitution out of reach…